CHANGE. GOOD EVENING THANKS FOR STAYING WITH US I'M BRIDGET SHANAHAN. WINOOSKI CITY OFFICIALS ARE REACHING OUT TO CITIZENS OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS WITH THE QUESTION-- HOW TO MAKE DOWNTOWN BETTER ... WPTZ'S VANESSA MISCIAGNA IS LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM WITH MORE ON HOW THE CITY PLANS TO TACKLE THIS VANESSA? - THANKS BRIDGET... JUST LIKE BURLINGTON IS TURNING TO IT'S RESIDENTS TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO SOLVE THEIR HOUSING ISSUES... WINOOSKI IS ASKING THOSE WHO KNOW THE CITY BEST HOW THEY CAN MAKE DOWNTOWN MORE ATTRACTIVE AND ACCESSIBLE TO VISITORS AND POTENTIONAL NEW NEIGHBORS.... nat steam from coffee shop FOR FIVE YEARS, THE BLOCK COFFEE SHOP HAS BEEN SERVING UP HOT BEVERAGES AND OTHER TREATS IN THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN WINOOSKI loraleh harris theres a huge variety of people here, all walks of life here and that's the huge draw ... it feels like a community IT'S ONE OF MANY EATERIES AROUND THE CIRCLE...AND AS OWNER LORALEH HARRIS SAYS SHE LOVES SERVING HER NEIGHBORS... SHE ALSO THINKS WORK CAN BE DONE TO ATTRACT MORE OUTSIDERS TO THE ONION CITY loraleh but people come here looking for cards or retails things and im like sorry, cant help ya city manager were just curious as to what people think JUST LIKE HARRIS, CITY MANAGER KATHY DECARREAU KNOWS MANY DIFFERENT OPINIONS ON WHAT DIRECTION THE CITY SHOULD TAKE.. SO WHEN THE MUNICPAL PLAN EXPIRED RECENTLY... THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION DECIDED TO HOST SIX PUBLIC HEARINGS TO HEAR WHERE CITIZENS WANT THE CITY TO GO manager we shouldn't be deciding this in a small room, we should be deciding this in a big room with as many people as possible DECARREAU SAYS THE COMMISSION WILL FOCUS ON THE THREE MAIN ARTERIES THAT FEED INTO DOWNTOWN - MAIN STREET, EAST ALLEN STREETS AND MALLETS BAY AVENUE - THEY'LL ASK THE QUESTION... HOW TO MAKE THEM BETTER?.. WHETHER THAT'S CHANGING ZONING RULES TO MAKE IT MORE ATTRACTIVE TO BUSINESSES, RE-THINKING LAND USE, OR MAKING THEM A MORE WELCOMING GATEWAY TO DOWNTOWN manager these decisions have not been made, there isnt bias on my part or the commissions, we're really interested in what people have to say IT'S A BLANK SLATE APPROACH TO IMPROVE WHAT LORALEH HARRIS CALLS A VIBRANT CITY.. AND SHE HOPES A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION ... loraleh some how we got to get people to stop and stay... And this is a beginning THE PUBLIC MEETINGS BEGIN TOMORROW NIGHT AT 7 PM AT THE O'BRIEN COMMUNITY CENTER AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY... FOR MORE DETAILS ON TIMES AND LOCATIONS OF THOSE MEETING AND OTHER WAYS TO GET INVOLED, CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE, WPTZ.COM. LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM, VM, WPTZ NC5 YOU MAY HAVE

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